1001 Albums Summary

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

Listened to the entire album in 2024. Still holds up, great album from its era and arguably her best.

American Idiot by Green Day

As someone who skipped American Idiot in favor of Green Day's earlier albums, it's an interesting listen: they dial up the pop-punk but also drive home stronger, more pointed messaging in their songwriting. I've always heard of AI as being the album where Green Day veered harder into pop than punk but, listening to the album cover to cover, I think that's not entirely fair. This is a transformative album and either you like what they become or you don't, but it isn't less punk for the glossy production.

That's The Way Of The World by Earth, Wind & Fire

Parallel Lines by Blondie

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears by The Mamas & The Papas

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

Ray Charles is undoubtedly a talented singer and musician but the big band background of this double album does not serve him well.

Rocks by Aerosmith

I Against I by Bad Brains

Clandestino by Manu Chao

Melodrama by Lorde

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

When I Was Born For The 7th Time by Cornershop

Disintegration by The Cure

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

Tellin’ Stories by The Charlatans

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis

The Band by The Band

Back to Mystery City by Hanoi Rocks

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

Pornography by The Cure

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

Young Americans by David Bowie

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Machine Gun Etiquette by The Damned

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

Illmatic by Nas

Ill Communication by Beastie Boys

Coles Corner by Richard Hawley

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

Purple Rain by Prince

Ocean Rain by Echo And The Bunnymen

Songs The Lord Taught Us by The Cramps

Dookie by Green Day

New Boots And Panties by Ian Dury

Honky Tonk Masquerade by Joe Ely

Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

Me Against The World by 2Pac

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back by Public Enemy

Permission to Land by The Darkness

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

Blood And Chocolate by Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Dear Science by TV On The Radio

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

Amnesiac by Radiohead

Pelican West by Haircut 100

Connected by Stereo MC's

Blue Lines by Massive Attack

Heroes to Zeros by The Beta Band

Cupid & Psyche 85 by Scritti Politti

Tapestry by Carole King

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got by Sinead O'Connor

McCartney by Paul McCartney

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

Mermaid Avenue by Billy Bragg

With The Beatles by Beatles

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder

The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground

Achtung Baby by U2

Fishscale by Ghostface Killah

Abraxas by Santana

Arrival by ABBA

Document by R.E.M.

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top

Be by Common

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park

Let's Stay Together by Al Green

Moss Side Story by Barry Adamson

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

A Short Album About Love by The Divine Comedy

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea by PJ Harvey

Beyond Skin by Nitin Sawhney

Planet Rock: The Album by Afrika Bambaataa

Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio

Want Two by Rufus Wainwright

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest

Spiderland by Slint

The White Room by The KLF

Exile In Guyville by Liz Phair

Master Of Puppets by Metallica

L'Eau Rouge by The Young Gods

Warehouse: Songs And Stories by Hüsker Dü

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

Every Picture Tells A Story by Rod Stewart

Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz

Sheet Music by 10cc

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

Bummed by Happy Mondays

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit

OK Computer by Radiohead

Cypress Hill by Cypress Hill

3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm by A Tribe Called Quest

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver

Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy

Konnichiwa by Skepta

Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

Smile by Brian Wilson

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies

Wonderful Rainbow by Lightning Bolt

Fly Or Die by N.E.R.D

Hail To the Thief by Radiohead

E.V.O.L. by Sonic Youth